The Little will screen Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (Pamela B. Green, U.S. 2018, 103 min.) as part of the One Take Documentary Series.

Pamela B. Green's Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, narrated by Jodie Foster, is a feature documentary that rewrites film history, revealing for the first time the full scope of the life and work of cinema's first female director, screenwriter, producer, and studio owner Alice Guy-Blaché.

Over the span of her career, Guy-Blaché wrote, produced or directed 1,000 films, including 150 with synchronized sound during the 'silent' era. Her work includes comedies, westerns and dramas, as well as films with groundbreaking subject matter such as child abuse, immigration, Planned Parenthood, and female empowerment. She also etched a place in history by making the earliest known surviving narrative film with an all-black cast.

[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2019-Jun-20]